Sarah Beeson (Georgia)
Sarah Beeson (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Georgia State Senate to represent District 56. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Beeson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Sarah Beeson was born in Canton, Georgia. She received a bachelor's degree in journalism and a minor in political science from Georgia State University in 2010, a master's degree in business administration from the University of Georgia, and a master's degree in environmental management from the University of Maryland. Her professional experience includes overseeing operations and health and safety for her family's environmental consulting firm, working for the Human Rights Campaign, and working in digital marketing.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Georgia State Senate District 56
Incumbent John Albers defeated Sarah Beeson in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 56 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Albers (R) | 51.1 | 51,476 |
 | Sarah Beeson (D)  | 48.9 | 49,284 | |
| Total votes: 100,760 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56
Sarah Beeson advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sarah Beeson | 100.0 | 19,339 |
| Total votes: 19,339 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56
Incumbent John Albers advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 56 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Albers | 100.0 | 13,639 |
| Total votes: 13,639 | |||
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Endorsements
To view Beeson's endorsements in the 2020 election, please click here.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Sarah Beeson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Beeson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I will fight to expand Medicaid and access to affordable healthcare to ensure that every Georgian has healthcare coverage.
- I feel strongly about protecting funding for public education and working to improve the quality of our public schools.
- I am determined to improve the public safety of our children and all Georgians by advocating for common sense gun legislation to keep our schools, neighborhoods, and places of worship safe.
Every Georgian deserves access to high-quality, affordable healthcare, which is why I support expanding Medicaid so we can better support Georgians. It simply does not make sense for us to reject federal funding for healthcare and agree on a system that costs more to cover less people. We must work on improving the quality of maternal healthcare, especially for women of color and in rural areas. We should also begin exploring more state-funded options based on the advice of medical professionals to overcome the opioid epidemic that is currently plaguing Georgia's 56th Senate District and the rest of the state.
Although Georgia's pre-K program is lottery-funded, it shouldn't be a lottery to determine who can enroll. Every child in Georgia should be guaranteed the option for placement in the state's preschool and early education program. I believe in local control of school systems and fully funding our public education programs - including paying our teachers fairly.
I also believe that an elected official should balance budgetary concerns and fiscal responsibility with providing adequate resources in a way that improves Georgians' lives across the state.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 14, 2020
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